ea0099p227 | Adrenal and Cardiovascular Endocrinology | ECE2024
Baz Amir Hosse in Chaman
, Gotthardt Martin
, Spiering Wilko
, Deinum Jaap
, Langenhuijsen Johannes
Introduction: Primary aldosteronism (PA) is a form of secondary hypertension, affecting 2.4% of the hypertensive population. It is caused by autonomous overproduction of aldosterone by either a unilateral aldosterone-producing adenoma (APA) or by bilateral adrenal hyperplasia (BAH). Subtyping is crucial, because PA is cured by adrenalectomy in APA and is treated by medication in BAH. The reference standard in subtyping PA is adrenal vein sampling (AVS). However, it is invasive...